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Mets lead in East down to one-half game with loss vs. Lannan, Nats

Associated Press

Monday, September 15, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Mets manager Jerry Manuel's voice was soft and steady. His words were strong. Manuel was New York's bench coach in September 2007, so he knows full well what this team went through then, and he was not pleased Monday night by a 7-2 loss to the Washington Nationals that cut the Mets' NL East lead to a half-game over idle Philadelphia. "We come in and need a game and don't play well," Manuel said. "That can happen, but it shouldn't happen at this time of the year." Everywhere Man ...

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